Hat-sweat-stringing machine



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Patented June 20, I899.

HAT SWEAT STBINGING MACHINE.

(Application filed Mar. 11, 1899.)

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No. 627,237. Patented June 20, I899. J. A. PAOUIN'.

HAT SWEAT STRINGING MACHINE.

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JOSEPH A PAQUIN, OF FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS.

HAT-SWEAT-STRINGING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 627,237, dated June 20, 1899.

Application filed March 11, 1899. Serial No. 703,774. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH A. PAQUIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fall River, in the county of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Hat-Sweat-Stringing Machine, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new hat-sweat stringing machine, which machine spreads apart strips already cut in the sweat-band, passes atape attached to a needle through them, and after withdrawal of the needle cuts off the tape.

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a general view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a top view of the upper opener. Fig. 3 is a side View of the openers when open. Fig. 4 is a side view of the openers when closed. Fig. 5 is a side view, and Fig. 6 a top view, of the cutter. Fig. 7 is a top View, and Fig. 8 a side View, of the needle.

The machine rests on a table A..

c is a block secured to the table and to which is fastened plate 6.

a is the upper opener, having inclined teeth d on the forward edge. a is the lower opener, also having inclined teeth (1 on the forward edge. The openers are operated by footpower applied to a stirrup at the end of rope 4', which comes up through a hole in the table A over the pulleyt' and is attached to a hook Z. The rear ends of the plates or openers a and a are provided with a toggle-lever formed by two arms m and m pivotally connected to said plates or openers and pivotally connectedtogetheratm. Thehooklisconnected to the toggle-lever at the central pivotal connection m of said arms. When the power is applied to the stirrup, the rope 4" draws back the hook Z, which, operating on the hinge m, forces apart the rear end of the plates 6 and e and brings into use the teeth 61 and. d. The teeth cl, acting on the sweat-band, (which rests on the plate 1),) press down the alternate strips of leather in the band, and the teeth d lift up the strips in the sweat-band not operated on bythe teeth cl,leaving between the strips an opening for the needle j to enter, as shown in Fig. 4.

The needle j is attached to a bar 01, which j is a needle with a slot .5- near one extremity,

and near the other end is an eye 6, into which is fastened a sharp point M, which I term. a retaining projection and which extends to= ward the point of the needle. The braid for stringing the sweat-band comes from a reel under table A, through a hole in the top of the table, through the slot 8, along the top of the needle j, down through the eye t and is caught on the retaining projection a.

In operation the openers are closed, as in Fig. 4:, thus separating the strips in the sweatband. The needle j, carrying the tape, is pushed along through the opening between the strips until the eye has passed beyond the other end of the openers. The tape is then held'by hand while the needle is withdrawn to its former position.

' g is a cutter workingalong the edge of block 0 and cuts the tape after the needle has been withdrawn.

his a spring held at one end by a pin and at the other end by a slot in the cutter 9, that lifts up the cutter after cutting the tape.

The point it in the eye of the needle holds onto the tape and prevents the needle from becoming unthreaded.

After the machine has beenv operated and the power taken from the stirrup the spring to contracts, drawing in the hinge m, which brings closer together the rear ends of plates 6 and e and separates the openers a and a, as in Fig. 3.

r; is a shaft supporting the rear end of the openers and is itself supported at the ends by standards, one of which is shown at f.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a hat-sweat-stringing machine, the

combination with the movable plates provided with interlocking teeth, and means for bringing said plates together, of a needle-slide,and a needle carried by said slide having an eye adjacent to its point and a retaining projec- IOO tion, extending into said eye in a direction toward the point of the needle, substantially as described.

2. In a hat-sweat-stringing machine, the combination with the movable plates provided with interlocking teeth and means for bringin g said plates together, of a needle-slide, and a needle carried by said slide having an eye adjacent to its point, a retaining projection extending into said eye and extending toward the point, said needle having a transverselydisposed slot adjacent to its butt, substantially as described.

8. In a hat-sweat-stringing machine, the

combination of a pair of pivotally-mounted plates, having meeting edges provided with interlocking projections, a toggle-lever havin g its ends connected to said plates, an operating device connected to said toggle-lever between its ends, a needle-slide and a needle carried thereby, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH A. PAQUIN. 

